Putting Women in Combat Is an Even Worse Idea Than You’d Think

What may be Old Blood and Guts’ most famous line is more than just colorful, it’s a great working definition of a warrior’s duty: killing the enemy and surviving to fight another day.

That truth is particularly relevant in light of the recent failure of all 45 hand-picked, highly fit women to complete Ranger training and Marine-officer combat training. The 45 women were part of an effort to meet a 2016 deadline mandating that all combat roles, including special forces, be opened up to women — an ideologically driven, reality-challenged initiative.

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As a female Marine veteran writes, the quest to push women into combat is leading to significantly lowered military standards, with President Obama’s top military officer saying that if a “standard is so high that a woman couldn’t make it, the burden is now on the service to come back and explain, why is it that high?”